Senior Software Engineer - Top Secret
About The Position
Sunayu, LLC is looking for a Software Engineer who will support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms. The engineer will apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics. A key aspect of the role is contributing to the integration of software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Software Development, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.). Additional/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. (4+ years with a Master’s).
- Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.
- Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.
- Ability to analyze and assess software development or data acquisition requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.
- Experience with backend microservices
- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience with API development
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Experience with Kubernetes-native application development
- Experience with cloud-native engineering
Nice To Haves
- Rust
- Go
- Python
- TypeScript
- Django
- Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.
- Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).
- Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies
- Familiarity with NATS
- Familiarity with Kafka
- Familiarity with Redis
- Familiarity with ClickHouse
- Familiarity with OpenTelemetry
- Familiarity with OpenRouter
- Familiarity with LiteLLM
Responsibilities
- Support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.
- Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.
- Contribute to the integration of software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.
Benefits
- 3 Medical Plan Options
- Dental and Vision
- FSA, DCFSA, HSA
- Life/AD&D Insurance
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Training and Educational Assistance
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 11 Federal holidays
- 401k plan with up to a 6% match (100% immediate vesting)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
